Legislative, party and interest group politics in post-communist Russia; political attitudes in Russia; nationalism in Russia and Ukraine; comparative presidentialism, with a particular focus on the phenomenon of coalitional presidentialism.

(2014) ‘Presidential Dynamics and Legislative Velocity in Russia, 1994–2007’, East European Politics, 30:4

(2013) (with Stephen Whitefield) ‘Forward to Democracy or Back to Authoritarianism? The Attitudinal Bases of Mass Support for the Russian Election Protests of 2011–2012’, Post-Soviet Affairs, 29:5

(2013) ‘The Preponderance and Effects of Sectoral Ties in the State Duma’, Europe-Asia Studies 65:4

(2013) 'The Impact of Party Primaries and the All-Russian Popular Front on the Composition of United Russia's Majority in the Sixth Duma', Russian Analytical Digest', No. 127. Center for Security Studies